Interns vs. Pages

Maybe, finally, we have heard enough about stains on blue dresses and will finally be able to shoot back, "Yes, but at least she was an ADULT" and not a 16-year-old on IM.

Maybe.

It's not as though the blowjob even caused mayhem and horror here or abroad like the fraudulent Iraq war has continued to do, but somehow its the unforgivable moral downfall of the Clinton administration that the right cannot move past. The "When Clinton Lied, No one Died" cliche/bumper sticker is accurate but old and tired. I see a new one: "At Least Lewinsky was LEGAL"! This had better be the scandal that finally takes the Republican leadership out. "Family Values" for all, read here: http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/foley_093006.html

As a disclaimer, if this exchange was between two men over the age of 18, no matter how politically powerful either was, I would have no problem with it at all. I would laugh at how dumb the Congressman would be to IM his boyfriend like some kind of teenie-bopper text messager, but it would be perfectly fine. But this is a different kind of stupidity: the criminal kind. Oh, and if it were two adults involved, I doubt neither would make reference to "my mom" walking in or to having "AP English" homework to do. What a sicko. He's blaming alcohol and a priest from his past. Nice try.

I haven't written here in ages. Since I last wrote, the baby boom has been completed. The final count was 3 boys and 11 girls. Everyone was healthy, even the 2 preemies. There were 2 Graces, an Eva and an Ava, a Lily and a Lillyan, a Sarah and a Zarah. All families are doing well and I've been able to meet almost all of the new little guys. I won't say who I think is the cutest because that would be mean and it might also require me to mention which one's picture nearly made me lose my lunch. Just kidding, that didn't happen.

We lost Tiawanna on August 21, that was the worst week of this summer. Bill McClellan wrote an article about her which is nice but inadequate: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/F1E7EE7A4959E18C862571D600321CF3?OpenDocument

I cannot believe she is gone even a month later, and for a long time I will be able to hear her laugh. We always talked about buying houses and I closed on my first one 4 days after her life was cut short. She would've liked to have heard about that!

And yes, I am a homeowner. I now read home improvement and repair books with the same voracity as novels and the newest People! My house is a 96-year-old historical Dutch Colonial that looks like a barn. The most exciting thing since the purchase and move was the car accident on Monday, October 2. Here's a letter I wrote to my alderman about that:

Hello Mr. Alderman.
My name is Lynn ---, I have lived at ------- for just over 1 month. I'm new to the area and haven't yet had time to look into neighborhood meetings and such but I do have a concern. You are likely aware of the serious accident that happened on my block Monday evening. It was caused by someone who may have been impaired by some chemical but was certainly exacerbated by speeding. I observe at least 5 cars daily who fly down ----- going 45-50 mph+ and I have yet to see one police officer around the area or one driver pulled over for speeding.

This is a very family friendly neighborhood populated by many children, bikers, pedestrians, and dogs. Someone is certain to be killed or seriously injured soon by one of these speeders. The accident Monday caused damage to a dozen parked cars and ultimately has likely totaled the driver's car. This accident was a very scary reminder of all the frighteningly fast driving I have observed in the last month. There is no possible way to damage 10+ cars and to total your own if you are driving at the posted 35 mph speed limit.
I would like to see how the speeding can be addressed. I would support a speed bump, stepped up police patrols, neighbors watching and recording license plate numbers of speeders, the reversal of our block's one-way direction to curtail drivers using it as a through raceway between ---- and -------, or any discussion on this matter that could resolve it in other ways.
I don't feel the the officers I spoke to after the accident recognized that this is an ongoing problem.

I am concerned. Please let me know what I can do, and as I am certain after Monday that other neighbors share this concern, and what we as a block can do about this. Thank you for your time.

Speeding IS a problem, and the drunkard that did it totalled a couple of cars. Fortunately, my car was on the opposite side of the street of the side the driver rammed. Apparently he has neither a license nor insurance, so I'd be paying for the mirror on the Focus myself if I'd parked to the south.

Besides that, I've constructed shelves, a compost, and patched cement on my house. That is the extent of my home repair thus far.
I need to figure our how to post photos here so I can show off my handiwork!

The Cardinals are up 1-0 in the NLDS vs. the Padres with another game tomorrow.